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JoeSpareBedroom

"jps" wrote in message
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In article . com,
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Out of curiosity, I was wondering what Ansel Adams would do in today's
world. Would he get rid of his bulky, heavy wooden, paper/glass
negative cameras and go digital? Actually Ansel took pictures, but it
was his dark room expertise that gave him his benchmark prints.

Or do you think that "Weedgie" would trade in his beat up old
Speed-Graphics for an 8 pixel???

I was simply wondering what the results would be if you turned these
guys loose with digital.

Tim

I'm guessing he'd still be waiting for higher resolution. The amount of
information on a 8x10 or even 4x5 is orders of magnitude greater than
the highest res chip available.

Even pro digital can barely rival 35mm today. I'm guessing Weegie would
be still playing with formulas, emulsions, dodging and burning.

jps

He also processed each negative differently according to how the range of
light in the original scene corresponded to his zone system. I suspect he
would've stayed with film for this reason.